Juice, milk cartons added to Allentown recycling program

February 01, 2013|By Emily Opilo, Of The Morning Call

Allentown recycling customers can now add milk, juice and other cartons to their curbside recycling bins.

The cartons, which will also be accepted at the Allentown Recycling Drop-Off Center at 1400 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will be shipped to paper mills, city officials said. There, an oversize blender will extract paper fibers to be used in recycled paper products and building materials.

Customers should remove drinking straws and plastic screw-top caps from the cartons and make sure they are empty before putting them into their green bins. Although the cartons are made of paper, residents should not place them in their blue paper recycling bins, officials said.